Thomas v. Brandt

Plaintiff, James R. Thomas, appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of Madison County entered in favor of the defendants, Terrance M. Brandt and Conoco, Inc., upon a jury verdict in plaintiff’s action to recover damage for personal injury resulting from a motor vehicle accident.

Plaintiff was injured on September 19, 1980, when the tractor trailer vehicle he was operating collided with the tractor trailer rig operated by defendant Brandt and owned by defendant Conoco, Inc. At the time of the collision, plaintiff was driving on" Interstate Route 64 in a westerly direction near the…